Across healthcare and a cademia alike, we often speak about dialogue, but what does it actua lly mean to engage in one? How can we create conversations that help people explore different perspectives, navigate complexity, and lear n together?
The Art of Dialogue is a hands-on training series for researchers, educators, and practitioners who want to strengthen their dialogical skills and learn how to design meaningful dialogue p rocesses. Whether you (want to) work in patient engagement, interdisciplinary collaboration, public engagement, or science commu nication, this training offers practical tools and insights that can be applied directly in your own context.
The series is or ganised by Amsterdam Public Health, IXA-GO and Netwerk Wete nschap in Dialoog (VU).
Session 2: The Art
of Dialogue – Designing Dialogue
Date: Monday 2 November
2026
Time: 13:00 – 17:00
Location: VU Campus Amst
erdam
Focus: Designing dialogues that make a difference&n bsp;
The second session focuses on the design of dialogue proce sses. Participants learn how to create meaningful conversation format s that support reflection, learning, participation, and collaboration . Drawing on their own cases and challenges, participants explore how dialogue can be embedded within research, healthcare, education, and community engagement. The session introduces practical design princi ples and provides space to develop dialogue concepts for participants ’ own contexts.
DESCRIPTION: The Art of Dialogue is a hands-on training series for res earchers, educators, and practitioners who want to strengthen their d ialogical skills and learn how to design meaningful dialogue processe s. Whether you (want to) work in patient engagement, interd isciplinary collaboration, public engagement, or science communicatio n, this training offers practical tools and insights that can be appl ied directly in your own context. The series is organised by Am sterdam Public Health, IXA-GO and Netwerk Wetenschap i n Dialoog (VU). Session 2: The Art of Dialogue – De signing Dialogue